diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 5c42f4a4e4..c437b4abdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
     - 'release/*'
   pull_request:
 env:
-  CORE_REPO_SHA: f3ee81243b4266729ba5196a7883ce897549aaba
+  CORE_REPO_SHA: 09b010cfcc85e2aa07326e9204541b80a7dd52f0
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 2a2ad87040..22720cf232 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ disable=missing-docstring,
       super-init-not-called, # temp-pylint-upgrade
       invalid-overridden-method, # temp-pylint-upgrade 
       missing-module-docstring, # temp-pylint-upgrade
+      import-error, # needed as a workaround as reported here: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/issues/290
 
 # Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
 # either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index adfaace015..38e65c98d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Update TraceState to adhere to specs
   ([#276](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/276))
 
+### Removed
+- Remove Configuration
+  ([#285](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/285))
+
 ## [0.16b1](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/releases/tag/v0.16b1) - 2020-11-26
 
 ## [0.16b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/releases/tag/v0.16b0) - 2020-11-25
diff --git a/docs/nitpick-exceptions.ini b/docs/nitpick-exceptions.ini
index 3143b9cd75..f322eb1dd2 100644
--- a/docs/nitpick-exceptions.ini
+++ b/docs/nitpick-exceptions.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ class_references=
     opentelemetry.trace.propagation.textmap.TextMapPropagator
     ; - AwsXRayFormat
     opentelemetry.trace.propagation.textmap.DictGetter
-    ; - instrumentation.asgi.CarrierGetter
     ; API
     opentelemetry.trace.propagation.textmap.Getter
     ; - DatadogFormat
diff --git a/eachdist.ini b/eachdist.ini
index 49671d8e22..65e6fc501e 100644
--- a/eachdist.ini
+++ b/eachdist.ini
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ignore=
     opentelemetry-python-core
 
 sortfirst=
+    util/opentelemetry-util-http
     instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi
     instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi
     instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
index b81b8b77f7..f52e5a4067 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 timing through OpenTelemetry.
 """
 
-import operator
 import typing
 import urllib
 from functools import wraps
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/boto/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/boto/__init__.py
index 58dee0ba7f..2eb88001ae 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/boto/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/boto/__init__.py
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
         # For exemple EC2 uses AWSQueryConnection and S3 uses
         # AWSAuthConnection
 
-        # FIXME should the tracer provider be accessed via Configuration
-        # instead?
         # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
         self._tracer = get_tracer(
             __name__, __version__, kwargs.get("tracer_provider")
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/setup.cfg b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/setup.cfg
index 6bb8d05ede..6528f616c0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/setup.cfg
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/setup.cfg
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ package_dir=
 packages=find_namespace:
 install_requires =
     django >= 1.10
+    opentelemetry-util-http == 0.18.dev0
     opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi == 0.18.dev0
     opentelemetry-instrumentation == 0.18.dev0
     opentelemetry-api == 0.18.dev0
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py
index 26e21a1f7f..f8ed60ee55 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py
@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from logging import getLogger
+from os import environ
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
-from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.django.environment_variables import (
+    OTEL_PYTHON_DJANGO_INSTRUMENT,
+)
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.django.middleware import _DjangoMiddleware
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.django.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
@@ -43,11 +46,7 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
 
         # FIXME this is probably a pattern that will show up in the rest of the
         # ext. Find a better way of implementing this.
-        # FIXME Probably the evaluation of strings into boolean values can be
-        # built inside the Configuration class itself with the magic method
-        # __bool__
-
-        if Configuration().DJANGO_INSTRUMENT is False:
+        if environ.get(OTEL_PYTHON_DJANGO_INSTRUMENT) == "False":
             return
 
         # This can not be solved, but is an inherent problem of this approach:
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/environment_variables.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/environment_variables.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4972a62e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/environment_variables.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+OTEL_PYTHON_DJANGO_INSTRUMENT = "OTEL_PYTHON_DJANGO_INSTRUMENT"
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware.py
index edb585cdb4..a167cb9ab4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/middleware.py
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import time
 from logging import getLogger
+from time import time
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
-from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
 from opentelemetry.context import attach, detach
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.django.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import extract_attributes_from_object
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@
 )
 from opentelemetry.propagators import extract
 from opentelemetry.trace import SpanKind, get_tracer
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls, get_traced_request_attrs
 
 try:
     from django.core.urlresolvers import (  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
@@ -61,9 +61,8 @@ class _DjangoMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     _environ_span_key = "opentelemetry-instrumentor-django.span_key"
     _environ_exception_key = "opentelemetry-instrumentor-django.exception_key"
 
-    _excluded_urls = Configuration()._excluded_urls("django")
-
-    _traced_request_attrs = Configuration()._traced_request_attrs("django")
+    _traced_request_attrs = get_traced_request_attrs("DJANGO")
+    _excluded_urls = get_excluded_urls("DJANGO")
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_span_name(request):
@@ -111,23 +110,23 @@ def process_request(self, request):
             return
 
         # pylint:disable=W0212
-        request._otel_start_time = time.time()
+        request._otel_start_time = time()
 
-        environ = request.META
+        request_meta = request.META
 
-        token = attach(extract(carrier_getter, environ))
+        token = attach(extract(carrier_getter, request_meta))
 
         tracer = get_tracer(__name__, __version__)
 
         span = tracer.start_span(
             self._get_span_name(request),
             kind=SpanKind.SERVER,
-            start_time=environ.get(
+            start_time=request_meta.get(
                 "opentelemetry-instrumentor-django.starttime_key"
             ),
         )
 
-        attributes = collect_request_attributes(environ)
+        attributes = collect_request_attributes(request_meta)
         # pylint:disable=W0212
         request._otel_labels = self._get_metric_labels_from_attributes(
             attributes
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ def process_response(self, request, response):
             if metric_recorder is not None:
                 # pylint:disable=W0212
                 metric_recorder.record_server_duration_range(
-                    request._otel_start_time, time.time(), request._otel_labels
+                    request._otel_start_time, time(), request._otel_labels
                 )
         except Exception as ex:  # pylint: disable=W0703
             _logger.warning("Error recording duration metrics: %s", ex)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py
index b75a8cd0e9..21cbf53346 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
 from django.test import Client
 from django.test.utils import setup_test_environment, teardown_test_environment
 
-from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.django import DjangoInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.sdk.util import get_dict_as_key
 from opentelemetry.test.test_base import TestBase
 from opentelemetry.test.wsgitestutil import WsgiTestBase
 from opentelemetry.trace import SpanKind
 from opentelemetry.trace.status import StatusCode
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls, get_traced_request_attrs
 
 # pylint: disable=import-error
 from .views import (
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
         setup_test_environment()
         _django_instrumentor.instrument()
-        Configuration._reset()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
         self.env_patch = patch.dict(
             "os.environ",
             {
@@ -75,11 +74,11 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.env_patch.start()
         self.exclude_patch = patch(
             "opentelemetry.instrumentation.django.middleware._DjangoMiddleware._excluded_urls",
-            Configuration()._excluded_urls("django"),
+            get_excluded_urls("DJANGO"),
         )
         self.traced_patch = patch(
             "opentelemetry.instrumentation.django.middleware._DjangoMiddleware._traced_request_attrs",
-            Configuration()._traced_request_attrs("django"),
+            get_traced_request_attrs("DJANGO"),
         )
         self.exclude_patch.start()
         self.traced_patch.start()
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/setup.cfg b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/setup.cfg
index bbc9268b9b..7ec050464f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/setup.cfg
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/setup.cfg
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ packages=find_namespace:
 install_requires =
     falcon ~= 2.0
     opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi == 0.18.dev0
+    opentelemetry-util-http == 0.18.dev0
     opentelemetry-instrumentation == 0.18.dev0
     opentelemetry-api == 0.18.dev0
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
index e9b1f16800..19b238fe1e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
@@ -43,14 +43,13 @@ def on_get(self, req, resp):
 ---
 """
 
-import sys
 from logging import getLogger
+from sys import exc_info
 
 import falcon
 
 import opentelemetry.instrumentation.wsgi as otel_wsgi
-from opentelemetry import configuration, context, propagators, trace
-from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
+from opentelemetry import context, propagators, trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.falcon.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import (
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ def on_get(self, req, resp):
 )
 from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status
 from opentelemetry.util import time_ns
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls, get_traced_request_attrs
 
 _logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ def on_get(self, req, resp):
 _ENVIRON_TOKEN = "opentelemetry-falcon.token"
 _ENVIRON_EXC = "opentelemetry-falcon.exc"
 
-cfg = configuration.Configuration()
-_excluded_urls = cfg._excluded_urls("falcon")
+
+_excluded_urls = get_excluded_urls("FALCON")
+_traced_request_attrs = get_traced_request_attrs("FALCON")
 
 
 class FalconInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ class _TraceMiddleware:
 
     def __init__(self, tracer=None, traced_request_attrs=None):
         self.tracer = tracer
-        self._traced_request_attrs = cfg._traced_request_attrs("falcon")
+        self._traced_request_attrs = _traced_request_attrs
 
     def process_request(self, req, resp):
         span = req.env.get(_ENVIRON_SPAN_KEY)
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ def process_response(
             status = "404"
             reason = "NotFound"
 
-        exc_type, exc, _ = sys.exc_info()
+        exc_type, exc, _ = exc_info()
         if exc_type and not req_succeeded:
             if "HTTPNotFound" in exc_type.__name__:
                 status = "404"
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/tests/test_falcon.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/tests/test_falcon.py
index 73088d7611..b39b20ac38 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/tests/test_falcon.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/tests/test_falcon.py
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 
 from falcon import testing
 
-from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.falcon import FalconInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.test.test_base import TestBase
 from opentelemetry.trace.status import StatusCode
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls, get_traced_request_attrs
 
 from .app import make_app
 
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         FalconInstrumentor().instrument()
         self.app = make_app()
         # pylint: disable=protected-access
-        Configuration()._reset()
         self.env_patch = patch.dict(
             "os.environ",
             {
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.env_patch.start()
         self.exclude_patch = patch(
             "opentelemetry.instrumentation.falcon._excluded_urls",
-            Configuration()._excluded_urls("falcon"),
+            get_excluded_urls("FALCON"),
         )
         middleware = self.app._middleware[0][  # pylint:disable=W0212
             0
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.traced_patch = patch.object(
             middleware,
             "_traced_request_attrs",
-            Configuration()._traced_request_attrs("falcon"),
+            get_traced_request_attrs("FALCON"),
         )
         self.exclude_patch.start()
         self.traced_patch.start()
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/setup.cfg b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/setup.cfg
index 6828ea1af4..388f0c23b6 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/setup.cfg
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/setup.cfg
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ packages=find_namespace:
 install_requires =
     opentelemetry-api == 0.18.dev0
     opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi == 0.18.dev0
+    opentelemetry-util-http == 0.18.dev0
 
 [options.entry_points]
 opentelemetry_instrumentor =
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/fastapi/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/fastapi/__init__.py
index b938464065..2936da1875 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -11,17 +11,15 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-from typing import Optional
 
 import fastapi
 from starlette.routing import Match
 
-from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.asgi import OpenTelemetryMiddleware
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.fastapi.version import __version__  # noqa
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls
 
-_excluded_urls = Configuration()._excluded_urls("fastapi")
+_excluded_urls = get_excluded_urls("FASTAPI")
 
 
 class FastAPIInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/tests/test_fastapi_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/tests/test_fastapi_instrumentation.py
index 6d5a1b1808..fe6c27928a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/tests/test_fastapi_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/tests/test_fastapi_instrumentation.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 
 import opentelemetry.instrumentation.fastapi as otel_fastapi
-from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
 from opentelemetry.test.test_base import TestBase
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls
 
 
 class TestFastAPIManualInstrumentation(TestBase):
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ def _create_app(self):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
-        Configuration()._reset()
         self.env_patch = patch.dict(
             "os.environ",
             {"OTEL_PYTHON_FASTAPI_EXCLUDED_URLS": "/exclude/123,healthzz"},
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.env_patch.start()
         self.exclude_patch = patch(
             "opentelemetry.instrumentation.fastapi._excluded_urls",
-            Configuration()._excluded_urls("fastapi"),
+            get_excluded_urls("FASTAPI"),
         )
         self.exclude_patch.start()
         self._instrumentor = otel_fastapi.FastAPIInstrumentor()
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/setup.cfg b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/setup.cfg
index bf98fb7880..6950b75b17 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/setup.cfg
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/setup.cfg
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ package_dir=
 packages=find_namespace:
 install_requires =
     flask ~= 1.0
-    opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi == 0.18.dev0
+    opentelemetry-util-http == 0.18.dev0
     opentelemetry-instrumentation == 0.18.dev0
+    opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi == 0.18.dev0
     opentelemetry-api == 0.18.dev0
 
 [options.extras_require]
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
index b5045f3a72..6f94781843 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 """
 This library builds on the OpenTelemetry WSGI middleware to track web requests
-in Flask applications. In addition to opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi, it supports
-flask-specific features such as:
+in Flask applications. In addition to opentelemetry-util-http, it
+supports Flask-specific features such as:
 
 * The Flask url rule pattern is used as the Span name.
 * The ``http.route`` Span attribute is set so that one can see which URL rule
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ def hello():
 import flask
 
 import opentelemetry.instrumentation.wsgi as otel_wsgi
-from opentelemetry import configuration, context, propagators, trace
+from opentelemetry import context, propagators, trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.flask.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.util import time_ns
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls
 
 _logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ def hello():
 _ENVIRON_TOKEN = "opentelemetry-flask.token"
 
 
-_excluded_urls = configuration.Configuration()._excluded_urls("flask")
+_excluded_urls = get_excluded_urls("FLASK")
 
 
 def get_default_span_name():
@@ -78,12 +79,12 @@ def get_default_span_name():
 
 
 def _rewrapped_app(wsgi_app):
-    def _wrapped_app(environ, start_response):
+    def _wrapped_app(wrapped_app_environ, start_response):
         # We want to measure the time for route matching, etc.
         # In theory, we could start the span here and use
         # update_name later but that API is "highly discouraged" so
         # we better avoid it.
-        environ[_ENVIRON_STARTTIME_KEY] = time_ns()
+        wrapped_app_environ[_ENVIRON_STARTTIME_KEY] = time_ns()
 
         def _start_response(status, response_headers, *args, **kwargs):
             if not _excluded_urls.url_disabled(flask.request.url):
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ def _start_response(status, response_headers, *args, **kwargs):
 
             return start_response(status, response_headers, *args, **kwargs)
 
-        return wsgi_app(environ, _start_response)
+        return wsgi_app(wrapped_app_environ, _start_response)
 
     return _wrapped_app
 
@@ -112,10 +113,12 @@ def _before_request():
         if _excluded_urls.url_disabled(flask.request.url):
             return
 
-        environ = flask.request.environ
+        flask_request_environ = flask.request.environ
         span_name = name_callback()
         token = context.attach(
-            propagators.extract(otel_wsgi.carrier_getter, environ)
+            propagators.extract(
+                otel_wsgi.carrier_getter, flask_request_environ
+            )
         )
 
         tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__, __version__)
@@ -123,10 +126,12 @@ def _before_request():
         span = tracer.start_span(
             span_name,
             kind=trace.SpanKind.SERVER,
-            start_time=environ.get(_ENVIRON_STARTTIME_KEY),
+            start_time=flask_request_environ.get(_ENVIRON_STARTTIME_KEY),
         )
         if span.is_recording():
-            attributes = otel_wsgi.collect_request_attributes(environ)
+            attributes = otel_wsgi.collect_request_attributes(
+                flask_request_environ
+            )
             if flask.request.url_rule:
                 # For 404 that result from no route found, etc, we
                 # don't have a url_rule.
@@ -136,9 +141,9 @@ def _before_request():
 
         activation = tracer.use_span(span, end_on_exit=True)
         activation.__enter__()
-        environ[_ENVIRON_ACTIVATION_KEY] = activation
-        environ[_ENVIRON_SPAN_KEY] = span
-        environ[_ENVIRON_TOKEN] = token
+        flask_request_environ[_ENVIRON_ACTIVATION_KEY] = activation
+        flask_request_environ[_ENVIRON_SPAN_KEY] = span
+        flask_request_environ[_ENVIRON_TOKEN] = token
 
     return _before_request
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/base_test.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/base_test.py
index c2bc646e1b..d989c66474 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/base_test.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/base_test.py
@@ -15,14 +15,8 @@
 from werkzeug.test import Client
 from werkzeug.wrappers import BaseResponse
 
-from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
-
 
 class InstrumentationTest:
-    def setUp(self):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-        super().setUp()  # pylint: disable=no-member
-        Configuration._reset()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
-
     @staticmethod
     def _hello_endpoint(helloid):
         if helloid == 500:
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/test_programmatic.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/test_programmatic.py
index 377ce88842..0e9ead6f50 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/test_programmatic.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/test_programmatic.py
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 from flask import Flask, request
 
 from opentelemetry import trace
-from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.flask import FlaskInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.test.test_base import TestBase
 from opentelemetry.test.wsgitestutil import WsgiTestBase
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls
 
 # pylint: disable=import-error
 from .base_test import InstrumentationTest
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.env_patch.start()
         self.exclude_patch = patch(
             "opentelemetry.instrumentation.flask._excluded_urls",
-            Configuration()._excluded_urls("flask"),
+            get_excluded_urls("FLASK"),
         )
         self.exclude_patch.start()
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/_server.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/_server.py
index a4e1c266b8..1f4f205417 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/_server.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/_server.py
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 
 class TestServer(test_server_pb2_grpc.GRPCTestServerServicer):
+    # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+    # pylint: disable=no-self-use
+
     def SimpleMethod(self, request, context):
         if request.request_data == "error":
             context.set_code(grpc.StatusCode.INVALID_ARGUMENT)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py
index 0eaeebbc23..f272a90240 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import grpc
-from tests.protobuf import test_server_pb2_grpc
+from tests.protobuf import (  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
+    test_server_pb2_grpc,
+)
 
 import opentelemetry.instrumentation.grpc
 from opentelemetry import trace
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/setup.cfg b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/setup.cfg
index b449fb34f5..09c1646e56 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/setup.cfg
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/setup.cfg
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ install_requires =
     opentelemetry-instrumentation == 0.18.dev0
     opentelemetry-api == 0.18.dev0
     opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi == 0.18.dev0
+    opentelemetry-util-http == 0.18.dev0
     wrapt >= 1.0.0, < 2.0.0
 
 [options.extras_require]
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pyramid/callbacks.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pyramid/callbacks.py
index 40894e2c62..66c3acd8cb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pyramid/callbacks.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pyramid/callbacks.py
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 from pyramid.tweens import EXCVIEW
 
 import opentelemetry.instrumentation.wsgi as otel_wsgi
-from opentelemetry import configuration, context, propagators, trace
+from opentelemetry import context, propagators, trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.pyramid.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.util import time_ns
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls
 
 TWEEN_NAME = "opentelemetry.instrumentation.pyramid.trace_tween_factory"
 SETTING_TRACE_ENABLED = "opentelemetry-pyramid.trace_enabled"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 _logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-_excluded_urls = configuration.Configuration()._excluded_urls("pyramid")
+_excluded_urls = get_excluded_urls("PYRAMID")
 
 
 def includeme(config):
@@ -44,10 +45,10 @@ def _insert_tween(config):
 
 def _before_traversal(event):
     request = event.request
-    environ = request.environ
-    span_name = otel_wsgi.get_default_span_name(environ)
+    request_environ = request.environ
+    span_name = otel_wsgi.get_default_span_name(request_environ)
 
-    enabled = environ.get(_ENVIRON_ENABLED_KEY)
+    enabled = request_environ.get(_ENVIRON_ENABLED_KEY)
     if enabled is None:
         _logger.warning(
             "Opentelemetry pyramid tween 'opentelemetry.instrumentation.pyramid.trace_tween_factory'"
@@ -60,24 +61,24 @@ def _before_traversal(event):
         # Tracing not enabled, return
         return
 
-    start_time = environ.get(_ENVIRON_STARTTIME_KEY)
+    start_time = request_environ.get(_ENVIRON_STARTTIME_KEY)
 
     token = context.attach(
-        propagators.extract(otel_wsgi.carrier_getter, environ)
+        propagators.extract(otel_wsgi.carrier_getter, request_environ)
     )
     tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__, __version__)
 
     if request.matched_route:
         span_name = request.matched_route.pattern
     else:
-        span_name = otel_wsgi.get_default_span_name(environ)
+        span_name = otel_wsgi.get_default_span_name(request_environ)
 
     span = tracer.start_span(
         span_name, kind=trace.SpanKind.SERVER, start_time=start_time,
     )
 
     if span.is_recording():
-        attributes = otel_wsgi.collect_request_attributes(environ)
+        attributes = otel_wsgi.collect_request_attributes(request_environ)
         if request.matched_route:
             attributes["http.route"] = request.matched_route.pattern
         for key, value in attributes.items():
@@ -85,9 +86,9 @@ def _before_traversal(event):
 
     activation = tracer.use_span(span, end_on_exit=True)
     activation.__enter__()
-    environ[_ENVIRON_ACTIVATION_KEY] = activation
-    environ[_ENVIRON_SPAN_KEY] = span
-    environ[_ENVIRON_TOKEN] = token
+    request_environ[_ENVIRON_ACTIVATION_KEY] = activation
+    request_environ[_ENVIRON_SPAN_KEY] = span
+    request_environ[_ENVIRON_TOKEN] = token
 
 
 def trace_tween_factory(handler, registry):
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/tests/pyramid_base_test.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/tests/pyramid_base_test.py
index 21a6a1ab95..70ab268c23 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/tests/pyramid_base_test.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/tests/pyramid_base_test.py
@@ -17,14 +17,8 @@
 from werkzeug.test import Client
 from werkzeug.wrappers import BaseResponse
 
-from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
-
 
 class InstrumentationTest:
-    def setUp(self):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-        super().setUp()  # pylint: disable=no-member
-        Configuration._reset()  # pylint: disable=protected-access
-
     @staticmethod
     def _hello_endpoint(request):
         helloid = int(request.matchdict["helloid"])
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/tests/test_programmatic.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/tests/test_programmatic.py
index 2affc3f5d3..9d037be37e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/tests/test_programmatic.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pyramid/tests/test_programmatic.py
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 from pyramid.config import Configurator
 
 from opentelemetry import trace
-from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.pyramid import PyramidInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.test.test_base import TestBase
 from opentelemetry.test.wsgitestutil import WsgiTestBase
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls
 
 # pylint: disable=import-error
 from .pyramid_base_test import InstrumentationTest
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.env_patch.start()
         self.exclude_patch = patch(
             "opentelemetry.instrumentation.pyramid.callbacks._excluded_urls",
-            Configuration()._excluded_urls("pyramid"),
+            get_excluded_urls("PYRAMID"),
         )
         self.exclude_patch.start()
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/setup.cfg b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/setup.cfg
index 4b2123d9b7..8f52b4741d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/setup.cfg
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/setup.cfg
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ packages=find_namespace:
 install_requires =
     opentelemetry-api == 0.18.dev0
     opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi == 0.18.dev0
+    opentelemetry-util-http == 0.18.dev0
 
 [options.entry_points]
 opentelemetry_instrumentor =
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/starlette/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/starlette/__init__.py
index 1725123b6d..d595beadcf 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/starlette/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/starlette/__init__.py
@@ -11,17 +11,15 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-from typing import Optional
 
 from starlette import applications
 from starlette.routing import Match
 
-from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.asgi import OpenTelemetryMiddleware
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.starlette.version import __version__  # noqa
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls
 
-_excluded_urls = Configuration()._excluded_urls("starlette")
+_excluded_urls = get_excluded_urls("STARLETTE")
 
 
 class StarletteInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/tests/test_starlette_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/tests/test_starlette_instrumentation.py
index 1729741363..56116c5a06 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/tests/test_starlette_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette/tests/test_starlette_instrumentation.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 from starlette.testclient import TestClient
 
 import opentelemetry.instrumentation.starlette as otel_starlette
-from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
 from opentelemetry.test.test_base import TestBase
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls
 
 
 class TestStarletteManualInstrumentation(TestBase):
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ def _create_app(self):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
-        Configuration()._reset()
         self.env_patch = patch.dict(
             "os.environ",
             {"OTEL_PYTHON_STARLETTE_EXCLUDED_URLS": "/exclude/123,healthzz"},
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.env_patch.start()
         self.exclude_patch = patch(
             "opentelemetry.instrumentation.starlette._excluded_urls",
-            Configuration()._excluded_urls("starlette"),
+            get_excluded_urls("STARLETTE"),
         )
         self.exclude_patch.start()
         self._instrumentor = otel_starlette.StarletteInstrumentor()
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/setup.cfg b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/setup.cfg
index 035572e32f..69b32a3e3f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/setup.cfg
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/setup.cfg
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ install_requires =
     tornado >= 6.0
     opentelemetry-instrumentation == 0.18.dev0
     opentelemetry-api == 0.18.dev0
+    opentelemetry-util-http == 0.18.dev0
 
 [options.extras_require]
 test =
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py
index 5806b3664c..f030c65801 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/tornado/__init__.py
@@ -35,18 +35,15 @@ def get(self):
     tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.current().start()
 """
 
-import inspect
-import typing
 from collections import namedtuple
-from functools import partial, wraps
+from functools import partial
 from logging import getLogger
 
 import tornado.web
 import wrapt
-from tornado.routing import Rule
 from wrapt import wrap_function_wrapper
 
-from opentelemetry import configuration, context, propagators, trace
+from opentelemetry import context, propagators, trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.tornado.version import __version__
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import (
@@ -57,6 +54,7 @@ def get(self):
 from opentelemetry.trace.propagation.textmap import DictGetter
 from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status
 from opentelemetry.util import time_ns
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls, get_traced_request_attrs
 
 from .client import fetch_async  # pylint: disable=E0401
 
@@ -65,10 +63,9 @@ def get(self):
 _HANDLER_CONTEXT_KEY = "_otel_trace_context_key"
 _OTEL_PATCHED_KEY = "_otel_patched_key"
 
-cfg = configuration.Configuration()
-_excluded_urls = cfg._excluded_urls("tornado")
-_traced_attrs = cfg._traced_request_attrs("tornado")
 
+_excluded_urls = get_excluded_urls("TORNADO")
+_traced_request_attrs = get_traced_request_attrs("TORNADO")
 carrier_getter = DictGetter()
 
 
@@ -186,7 +183,9 @@ def _get_attributes_from_request(request):
     if request.remote_ip:
         attrs["net.peer.ip"] = request.remote_ip
 
-    return extract_attributes_from_object(request, _traced_attrs, attrs)
+    return extract_attributes_from_object(
+        request, _traced_request_attrs, attrs
+    )
 
 
 def _get_operation_name(handler, request):
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_instrumentation.py
index 3bdf007717..6d2c04f89f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests/test_instrumentation.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 from tornado.testing import AsyncHTTPTestCase
 
 from opentelemetry import trace
-from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.tornado import (
     TornadoInstrumentor,
     patch_handler_class,
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@
 )
 from opentelemetry.test.test_base import TestBase
 from opentelemetry.trace import SpanKind
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls, get_traced_request_attrs
 
 from .tornado_test_app import (
     AsyncHandler,
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         TornadoInstrumentor().instrument()
         super().setUp()
         # pylint: disable=protected-access
-        Configuration()._reset()
         self.env_patch = patch.dict(
             "os.environ",
             {
@@ -56,11 +55,11 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.env_patch.start()
         self.exclude_patch = patch(
             "opentelemetry.instrumentation.tornado._excluded_urls",
-            Configuration()._excluded_urls("tornado"),
+            get_excluded_urls("TORNADO"),
         )
         self.traced_patch = patch(
-            "opentelemetry.instrumentation.tornado._traced_attrs",
-            Configuration()._traced_request_attrs("tornado"),
+            "opentelemetry.instrumentation.tornado._traced_request_attrs",
+            get_traced_request_attrs("TORNADO"),
         )
         self.exclude_patch.start()
         self.traced_patch.start()
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 87462e4c87..c4ea92b463 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ envlist =
     py3{5,6,7,8}-test-instrumentation-tornado
     pypy3-test-instrumentation-tornado
 
+    ; opentelemetry-util-http
+    py3{5,6,7,8}-test-util-http
+    pypy3-test-util-http
+
     lint
     docker-tests
     docs
@@ -193,6 +197,7 @@ changedir =
   test-instrumentation-system-metrics: instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics/tests
   test-instrumentation-tornado: instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado/tests
   test-instrumentation-wsgi: instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/tests
+  test-util-http: util/opentelemetry-util-http/tests
   test-sdkextension-aws: sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/tests
 
   test-exporter-datadog: exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-datadog/tests
@@ -211,6 +216,7 @@ commands_pre =
 
   grpc: pip install {toxinidir}/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc[test]
 
+  falcon,flask,django,pyramid,tornado,starlette,fastapi: pip install {toxinidir}/util/opentelemetry-util-http
   wsgi,falcon,flask,django,pyramid: pip install {toxinidir}/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi
   asgi,starlette,fastapi: pip install {toxinidir}/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
 
@@ -274,7 +280,8 @@ commands_pre =
 
   aws: pip install requests {toxinidir}/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws
 
-; In order to get a healthy coverage report,
+  http: pip install {toxinidir}/util/opentelemetry-util-http
+; In order to get a health coverage report,
 ; we have to install packages in editable mode.
   coverage: python {toxinidir}/scripts/eachdist.py install --editable
 
@@ -288,6 +295,12 @@ deps =
   -r {toxinidir}/docs-requirements.txt
   pytest
 
+commands_pre =
+  python -m pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-core/opentelemetry-api
+  python -m pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-core/opentelemetry-sdk
+  python -m pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-core/opentelemetry-instrumentation
+  python -m pip install {toxinidir}/util/opentelemetry-util-http
+
 changedir = docs
 
 commands =
@@ -314,6 +327,7 @@ commands_pre =
   python -m pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-core/opentelemetry-instrumentation
   python -m pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-core/opentelemetry-sdk
   python -m pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-core/tests/util
+  python -m pip install {toxinidir}/util/opentelemetry-util-http
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi[test]
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-http/README.rst b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7b58b5b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+OpenTelemetry Util HTTP
+=======================
+
+|pypi|
+
+.. |pypi| image:: https://badge.fury.io/py/opentelemetry-util-http.svg
+   :target: https://pypi.org/project/opentelemetry-util-http/
+
+
+This library provides ASGI, WSGI middleware and other HTTP-related
+functionality that is common to instrumented web frameworks (such as Django,
+Starlette, FastAPI, etc.) to track requests timing through OpenTelemetry.
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+::
+
+    pip install opentelemetry-util-http
+
+
+Usage (Quart)
+-------------
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from quart import Quart
+    from opentelemetry.instrumentation.asgi import OpenTelemetryMiddleware
+
+    app = Quart(__name__)
+    app.asgi_app = OpenTelemetryMiddleware(app.asgi_app)
+
+    @app.route("/")
+    async def hello():
+        return "Hello!"
+
+    if __name__ == "__main__":
+        app.run(debug=True)
+
+
+Usage (Django 3.0)
+------------------
+
+Modify the application's ``asgi.py`` file as shown below.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    import os
+    from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+    from opentelemetry.instrumentation.asgi import OpenTelemetryMiddleware
+
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'asgi_example.settings')
+
+    application = get_asgi_application()
+    application = OpenTelemetryMiddleware(application)
+
+
+Usage (Raw ASGI)
+----------------
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from opentelemetry.instrumentation.asgi import OpenTelemetryMiddleware
+
+    app = ...  # An ASGI application.
+    app = OpenTelemetryMiddleware(app)
+
+
+References
+----------
+
+* `OpenTelemetry Project <https://opentelemetry.io/>`_
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-http/setup.cfg b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e304fea9d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+[metadata]
+name = opentelemetry-util-http
+description = Web util for OpenTelemetry
+long_description = file: README.rst
+long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
+author = OpenTelemetry Authors
+author_email = cncf-opentelemetry-contributors@lists.cncf.io
+url = https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/util/opentelemetry-util-http
+platforms = any
+license = Apache-2.0
+classifiers =
+    Development Status :: 4 - Beta
+    Intended Audience :: Developers
+    License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+    Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
+
+[options]
+python_requires = >=3.5
+package_dir=
+    =src
+packages=find_namespace:
+install_requires =
+    opentelemetry-api == 0.18.dev0
+    opentelemetry-instrumentation == 0.18.dev0
+    asgiref ~= 3.0
+
+[options.extras_require]
+test =
+    opentelemetry-test == 0.18.dev0
+
+[options.packages.find]
+where = src
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-http/setup.py b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1202dd07e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import os
+
+import setuptools
+
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
+    BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "util", "http", "version.py"
+)
+PACKAGE_INFO = {}
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+    exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
+
+setuptools.setup(version=PACKAGE_INFO["__version__"])
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-http/src/opentelemetry/util/http/__init__.py b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/src/opentelemetry/util/http/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..068511010d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/src/opentelemetry/util/http/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from os import environ
+from re import compile as re_compile
+from re import search
+
+
+class ExcludeList:
+    """Class to exclude certain paths (given as a list of regexes) from tracing requests"""
+
+    def __init__(self, excluded_urls):
+        self._excluded_urls = excluded_urls
+        if self._excluded_urls:
+            self._regex = re_compile("|".join(excluded_urls))
+
+    def url_disabled(self, url: str) -> bool:
+        return bool(self._excluded_urls and search(self._regex, url))
+
+
+_root = r"OTEL_PYTHON_{}"
+
+
+def get_traced_request_attrs(instrumentation):
+    traced_request_attrs = environ.get(
+        _root.format("{}_TRACED_REQUEST_ATTRS".format(instrumentation)), []
+    )
+
+    if traced_request_attrs:
+        traced_request_attrs = [
+            traced_request_attr.strip()
+            for traced_request_attr in traced_request_attrs.split(",")
+        ]
+
+    return traced_request_attrs
+
+
+def get_excluded_urls(instrumentation):
+    excluded_urls = environ.get(
+        _root.format("{}_EXCLUDED_URLS".format(instrumentation)), []
+    )
+
+    if excluded_urls:
+        excluded_urls = [
+            excluded_url.strip() for excluded_url in excluded_urls.split(",")
+        ]
+
+    return ExcludeList(excluded_urls)
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-http/src/opentelemetry/util/http/version.py b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/src/opentelemetry/util/http/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebb75f6c11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/src/opentelemetry/util/http/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+__version__ = "0.18.dev0"
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-http/tests/__init__.py b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2